Handbook of research on grid technologies and utility computing [electronic resource] : concepts for managing large-scale applications / [edited by] Emmanuel Udoh, Frank Zhigang Wang.
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.Description: electronic texts (xxxii, 362 p. : ill., maps) : digital filesISBN:- 9781605661858 (ebook)
- 1605661856 (ebook)
- Computational grids (Computer systems) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Adaptive resource management
- Bio-inspired grid resource management
- Data-aware distributed batch scheduling
- Grid resource auctions
- Grid technologies
- Job scheduling mechanisms
- Load sharing in a computational grid
- Resource-aware load balancing
- Quality of service of grid computing
- Utility computing
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- QA76.9.C58 H353 2009e
- Also available in print.
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-344) and index.
Overview of Grid Computing / Emmanuel Udoh, Frank Zhigang Wang, Vineet R. Khare -- Resource-Aware Load Balancing of Parallel Applications / Eric Aubanel -- Assisting Efficient Job Planning and Scheduling in the Grid / Enis Afgan, Purushotham Bangalore -- Effective Resource Allocation and Job Scheduling Mechanisms for Load Sharing in a Computational Grid / Kuo-Chan Huang, Po-Chi Shih, Yeh-Ching Chung -- Data-Aware Distributed Batch Scheduling / Tevfik Kosar -- Consistency of Replicated Datasets in Grid Computing / Gianni Pucciani ... [et al.] -- Quality of Service of Grid Computing / Ming Wu, Xian-He Sun -- QoS in Grid Computing / Zhihui Du ... [et al.] -- Trust and Privacy in Grid Resource Auctions / Kris Bubendorfer, Ben Palmer, Ian Welch -- An Architectural Overview of the GRelC Data Access Service / Sandro Fiore ... [et al.] -- Adaptive Resource Management in Grid Environment / Man Wang, Zhihui Du, Zhili Cheng -- Bio-Inspired Grid Resource Management / Vineet R. Khare, Frank Zhigang Wang -- Service Oriented Storage System Grid / Yuhui Deng, Frank Zhigang Wang, Na Helian -- A Distributed Storage System for Archiving Broadcast Media Content / Dominic Cherry, Maozhen Li, Man Qi -- Service Discovery with Rough Sets / Maozhen Li, Man Qi, Bin Yu -- On the Pervasive Adoption of Grid Technologies: A Grid Operating System / Irfan Habib, Ashiq Anjum, Richard McClatchey -- Pricing Computational Resources in Grid Economies / Kurt Vanmechelen ... [et al.] --
Resource Usage Accounting in Grid Computing / Rosario M. Piro -- Grid-Based Nuclear Physics Applications / Frans Arickx ... [et al.] -- Developing Biomedical Applications in the Framework of EELA / Gabriel Aparicio ... [et al.] -- Distributed Image Processing on a Blackboard System / Gerald Schaefer, Roger Tait -- Simulated Events Production on the Grid for the BaBar Experiment / Daniele Andreotti, Armando Fella, Eleonora Luppi -- A Framework for Semantic Grid in E-Science / Diego Liberati -- Grid INFN Virtual Laboratory for Dissemination Activities (GILDA) / Roberto Barbera, Valeria Ardizzone, Leandro Ciuffo -- Grid Enabled Surrogate Modeling / Dirk Gorissen ... [et al.] -- GIS Grids and the Business Use of GIS Data / Patrik Skogster -- Grid Computing: Combating Global Terrorism with the World Wide Grid / Gokop Goteng, Ashutosh Tiwari, Rajkumar Roy -- Accessing Grid Metadata through a Web Interface / Salvatore Scifo -- Grid Computing Initiatives in India / Jyotsna Sharma -- Dynamic Maintenance in ChinaGrid Support Platform / Hai Jin ... [et al.].
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Today, many institutions and corporations are involved in various grid researches that involve improvement in concepts, protocols, applications, methods, and tools. To help capture the rapid growth in grid concepts and applications and chart the future direction in this field, a resource compiling current advances in grid computing is essential. This handbook provides a compendium of terms, definitions, and explanations of concepts, issues, processes, and trends in grid technology. As the first book collection of its kind, this reference features current articles presenting comprehensive coverage of grid technologies valuable to any researcher, practitioner, or academician in grid computing.
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